Senior Hardware Engineering Lead (Compute Test)


Agoura Hills
Permanent
$175,300 - $280,600 USD a year
Engineering
PR/615204_1792417534
Senior Hardware Engineering Lead (Compute Test)
About the Opportunity
A leading developer of advanced electronic test, measurement, and instrumentation technologies is seeking a Senior Hardware Engineering Lead to join its Digital Instrumentation team. This is a highly visible player-coach leadership role that combines hands-on digital hardware design with engineering team leadership.
You'll lead the development of next-generation instrumentation products while directly contributing to architecture, PCB design, debugging, and product execution.
What You'll Do
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of hardware design engineers
  • Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for digital instrumentation products
  • Design, develop, prototype, and test complex PCB and PCBA hardware systems
  • Oversee schematic capture, PCB layout, component selection, and manufacturability
  • Drive hardware projects from concept through production release
  • Partner closely with firmware, software, mechanical, manufacturing, and quality teams
  • Support project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management
  • Improve engineering, testing, and manufacturing processes
  • Troubleshoot complex hardware issues and support product quality initiatives
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and incorporate industry best practices
What You'll Bring
  • 10+ years of hardware engineering experience
  • 5+ years of engineering leadership experience in a player-coach role
  • Strong digital circuit and instrumentation design background
  • Expertise in high-speed PCB design and complex multilayer boards
  • Solid understanding of signal integrity and electronic system design
  • Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and related debugging tools
  • Knowledge of hardware design, validation, testing, and quality methodologies
  • Experience with SERDES technologies and protocols such as PCIe and 100G Ethernet
  • Strong project leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Ability to balance technical contribution with team management responsibilities
Why This Role
  • High-impact leadership role with significant technical influence
  • Opportunity to shape next-generation test and measurement products
  • Strong combination of technical depth and people leadership
  • Competitive compensation and bonus program
  • Excellent health, retirement, PTO, and professional development benefits
  • Work alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams solving complex technical challenges

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